Congress

House Armed Services Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.) has vowed to fight the Trump Administration’s ban on transgender individuals in the military but will not let the issue get in the way of a bipartisan, bicameral defense authorization bill, he indicated to C-SPAN’s “Newsmakers” Friday. The Supreme Court Jan. 22 cleared the way for the administration

The Senate is expected to consider two separate spending bills Thursday, but they are both likely to fail. The House again on Wednesday passed a stopgap spending bill, as well as six of the spending bills House and Senate negotiators had worked out last year. Senate Republicans are unlikely to follow suit without a promise